Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Brady Campaign Gives Obama an "F"

President Barack Obama gave himself a B+ for his first year in office, but he gets an F when it comes to gun control issues, according to a leading advocacy group.

Calling Obama's record on gun violence during his first year in office an "abject failure," the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence said Obama has broken campaign promises and failed to show leadership on the issue.

"As a senator and candidate, he promised to stand up to the gun lobby and fight for strong gun laws," the group writes in Obama's 2009 "report card." "Unfortunately, that Barack Obama has been absent in his first year in office."

Why do you think President Obama failed to follow through on his campaign promises about guns? Is it just that there have been so many other important issues? Or do you think he never intended to live up to them in the first place?

9 comments:

It must be an "F" for "Future", because the only reason Barack may have one is because of his reluctance to pursue gun control.

He's already pissed off the left by not being the peace-mongering, DADT-ending, government-growing, wealth-redistributing, socialist revolutionary that all those Hope/Change Faux-Che posters painted him to be.

RuffRidr and Zorro, You've probably noticed I encourage you guys to come around and keep coming. By contrast I've been 86ed from several pro-gun blogs where they don't like contrary opinions. So when you read Tam or Breda or Uncle, of course you're gonna have a near unanimity of opinion. I like it better my way, don't you?